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Maris, Biggio, Clemens and 7 other names you may recognize in this week's MLB Draft

And you thought you had good genes ...

The First-Year Player Draft begins Thursday and MLB.com put together a list of prospects who are related to current and former MLB figures. We may have a mini-Manny on our hands -- prepare your lives accordingly.

Manny Ramirez Jr. (1B, Florida HS), son of Manny

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Kacy Clemens (RHP, Texas HS), son of Roger

Cavan Biggio (2B, Texas HS), son of Craig

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Josh Pettitte (RHP, Texas HS), son of Andy

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Dillon Moyer (SS, UC-San Diego), son of Jamie

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Gunnar Buhner (2B, Washington HS), son of Jay

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Ben Verlander (OF, Old Dominion), brother of Justin

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Sebastian Stargell Jr. (OF, Texas Southern), nephew of Willie

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Blaise Maris (C, Florida HS), grandson of Roger

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Joe Jackson (C, The Citadel), great-great-great nephew of Shoeless Joe

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A few other famous names: Preston Palmeiro (son of Rafael), Torii Hunter Jr. (son of Torii), Jacob Heyward (brother of Jason), Cameron Berra (distant relative of Yogi), Chad Hockin (grandson of Harmon Killebrew), and Alex Boyd (nephew of Oil Can Boyd)

Check out the rest of MLB.com's list, compiled by reporter Jesse Sanchez.

-- Matt Monagan / MLB.com